RICHARD P WENTLANDT

Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 62-E: 20
Department: Miami-Dade, Florida, P.D.
End of Watch: March 15, 1997
Cause: SHOT
Age: 48
Years of Service: 10
Description: Officer Wentlant responded to a felonious sexual assault complaint in which he is credited with saving one person's life. As he approached the suspect's car, Officer Wentlandt was shot six times. His health deteriorated for the next 15 years until his death from injuries sustained from the shooting.
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